Tie.



1). J. WB'IGEL.

TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1913.

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APPLI'OAUON FILED SEPT. 19, 1913. 1,090,768., J Patented Mar.17,1914-' 2 SHEETMSBEBT 2.

VIII/II avwewto'z Quanta UNITED STATES PATENT orsion.

DAVID J. WEIGEL, OF PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN.

T Q all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID J. WEIGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Platte'ville, of'Wisconsm, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ties, of which. the following is a specification.

The presentinvention relates to improvements in ties for railway rails, the object being to simplify and improve the present construct-ion ofmetallic ties by producing a tiemade up of companion sections having integrally formed thereon rail-engaging lips, which may be easily and quickly connected together, or separated as occasion demands, and each of which is provided *with a partially open side whereby a proper amount of ballast may be inserted within the tie to cause the same to be firmly seated within the roadbed; and retained against lateral or transverse movement.

With the above recited objects in view and others which will appear as thenature of the invention is more fully understood, the improvement' resides -in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

.In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention, the rails being positioned thereon. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the employment of fish'plates -,in connection with the rail'engaging lips {formed with the tie, whereby two rails' may be connected and secured upon the tie, Fig. '31s a view illustrating the manner n which the two sections comprising the rail are brought into engagement with the rail and with each other, Fig. 4 is a tive view of one of the tie sections, Fig.5 is av central transverse sectional view through thetie, Fig. 6 is a detail horizontal sectional View taken through one end of the 7 is a'detail perspective view illustrating one form of a rail clamp which may be se-- cured'upon the tie, Fig. Sis'asimilar sectional view illustrating a rail secured to the -tie. .by another' form A of'c-lamp, and Fig. 9 a perspective View of a still further modied form of rail engagingclips or clamps. .1 I The{ tie T comprises two companion secti'o'nsle'ach of asimilar construction, and

which are designated by the numerals ].-and i 551' 2 respectively. Each of thesections ineludes an inner vertically straight'wall 3, a

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Mar. 17, 1914- Application filed September 19, 1913. Serial No. 790.707.

top and a bottom wall 4 and 5 respectively, the said walls 4 and 5 being in the nature of flanges which project outwardly at a right angle fromthe vertical wall 3. The sections, at one of their ends, are provided with depressed or stepped portions in the upper and lower walls, which are designated by the numerals 6 and 7 respectively, being hori- Zontally straight and in a plane parallel with but spaced from walls 4 and The shoulders or walls prostraight port1ons'6 and 7 and the top and bottom portions 4 and 5 of each of the ties are arranged each at an angle from its inner wall 3 to its outer corner, the said angular walls or shoulders being designated by the numera s 8 and 9 respectively. The tie sections are also'provided with ends 10 and 11, the end 10 being provided at the stepped portion of each of the sections, and the said end is formed with an opening 12, the purpose of which will-hereafter be set forth. Each of the sections is formed at its inner edge, and u on its top 4 with rail engagirrg hooks 13 and 14, both of the hooks having their enfingers pointed in' the direction of the ends 10, and the top 4 of the said sections is formed with bolt openings 15, the said openings being arranged in pairs, one

close to each of-the hooks l3 and the second spaced a suitable distance away from the hook 14. The end 11 extends suitable distance beyond the inner walls of each of the sections, and the top and bottom walls are also projected angularly from their connection with the wall 3 to the outer edge of the extending end 11. By this arrangement the end 11 forms a compartment 17, the edges of the wall 16 agreeing with the beveled or inclinedshoulders 8 and 9 of the co- ,acting section, so that the inner faces of the said portions 16 rest upon the walls 6 and 7 thus enveloping the end 10 of the said co- .acting section within the compartment 17 of the first section, and when the sect-ions are thus assembled, both the upper and lower faces of the sections are retained hori- Zontally straight. The extending portion of the end 11 is formed with a bolt opening 18, and when one of the sections is slid longitudinally of the other section. after a rail R has been positioned upon one of the said sections, the hooks l3 and 14: will engage with the base flanges oi the rails, and bolts 19 are passed through the registering openthe upper and lower ings 12 and 18, while nuts 20 are employed for sustaining the bolts upon sections and the sections in locked position.

From the above description, it will be 1 tamped and the tie-embedded within the roadbed, danger of the lateral or longitudinal movement is effectively prevented. In order to assist the hooks 13 and l-in retaining the rails R' upon the tie, angular V clamps 21 may be employed, said clamps having rail engaging faces and the angular portions of the same may be centrally reinforced through the medium of integrally formed ribs 22. The lower angular portion of the clamps which is stepped'to rest upon theupp'er face of the tie is formed with an elongated opening 23 through which the hooks 13 project, and the base'of the said flange is provided with openings 24 which are adapted to receive bolts 25 that project through the openings 15 in the tie, the said bolts being provided with securing nuts 26.

When two rails areto be secured upon the 'ties, an angular fish plate 27 is employed,

the said plate being substantially similar to the clamp 21, but of course, being ofgaar greater length. The fish plate has its stepped horizontal or base portion provided with an elongated opening 28 through which the hooks 13 or 14 extend, and the vertical member of the fish plate 27 is formed with a pluralityof openings 28 for the reception of bolts which also pass through registering openings in the. webs of the rails. The plates 27 may be employed upon the oppo- -site faces of the rails, and the bolts are provided with the usual securing nuts.

In some instances it has been found desirable to reinforce the hooks 13 and 14, or to provide a substitute therefor should the said hooks become broken, and to accomplish this, clips 28 may be employed, the said clips comprising angle members which have their base portions provided with openings which are adapted to register with the openings 15, and the said clips 28 are secured through the medium of bolts 29 passing through the openings and nuts 30 for the said bolts.

In lieu of the clips above mentioned, I

have found it desirable to employ a fastener or clip of a somewhat different construction, the said clip being designated by the numeral 31, and is constructed of a single piece of metal to include a rail base flange Conic: of this patent may be obtained for isa engaging lip 32and a base portion 33. The base 33 has one of its longitudinal e g bent to provide a substantially"U,-shaped flange which underlies the base, and which tudinal edges upon-the upper flanged por tions 4 of each of the rail sections, tlie body openings15, and the bolts 29 and their nuts 30 are, employed for, securing the member 31 upon the sections of the tie,

From the above description taken in con nection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device as-well as the 1 '75 apparent to those skilled in the art to which advantages will itis thought, be perfectly such inventions appertain without further detailed description. z

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: I

1. A tie comprising companion shaped membersv which, when assembled, are I- shaped in cross section, the sections having ends, one of the ends of each of the sections having its top and bottom wall stepped, the oppositeend of each of the sections having itsjto' and bottom wall and its end extende the top andibottom extensions en-' gaging with the stepped ends of the co-a cting tie sections and the extended end of one of the tie sections overlapping the end of the adjacent tie section,. and means arranged apted to engage with, one of the longibetween the ends for securing the tie sections.

' 2. A rail tie comprising two companion shaped sections which, when assembled are I-shaped in cross sectlon, the meeting walls of the sectionsbeing provided with inte-' grally formed rail engaging hooks, the opposite ends .of each of the ties being depressed upon their upper and lower surfaces and having an angular shoulder connecting the said faces with the depressions, the opposite ends of'the tie sections being extended beyond their inner faces, and the top and bottom walls extended angularly and connected with the ends, the said angular portions adapted to abut with the angular shoulders provided by the depression, the ends being formed with registering openings, bolts passing through the openings and nuts for the bolts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.DAVID J. WEIGEL. lVitnesses L. O. Rescues, O. E. GRAY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Ifatentnv Washington, D. 0.? 

